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Volume 11: Issue 1: The Last Front Page

C2C Journal
March 19, 2017
Stories

Volume 11: Issue 1: The Last Front Page

C2C Journal
March 19, 2017
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C2C Journal has just released its latest issue: The Last Front Page – The future of journalism and democracy in the post-print world.

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Happy Canada Day!

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